Hello All, I was told that I should probably start a blog. I'm not really big on blogs so I'm not really sure what to write. My profile is a pretty good introduction for me. Basically, I am a drummer and I love Deftones. Oh yeah, and I'm a Civil Engineering student at UC Berkeley. I really enjoy my major and eventually hope to become a structural engineer designing high rise buildings some day. To get to Cal though, I transferred from a community college, which for me was great. I would recommend going to community college first to anyone who is thinking about. It saves money and gives you a little extra time to figure out what you want to do.
Even though I am an engineering student, I do have to take some humanities classes. So last semester, I took an American Poetry class. One of the professor's assignments was to write three poems as an imitation to some of the poems we read in class. I thought I'd post one of mine here and see what you all think. Please let me know whether you love it, like it, or hate it. Keep in mind I am an engineer, so I am not so great at artsy type things, but I try.
An imitation of Wallace Stevens 'Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird'
Here is a link for those who would like to read it:
http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15746
Seven Ways of Looking at Lady Luck
I
Children walk home from school and
A glimmer catches ones eye,
"If it's face up it means good luck."
II
I am looking for a place to park my car
At the local shopping center
When I catch her eye in the car facing me.
Hanging from the mirror is a rabbit's foot
III
A man walking alone on a road
Gets splashed by a passing car.
"That's just my luck," he says.
IV
A group of friends walk by a man
Lying on the sidewalk bundled up
In what little he has. "He must
Be down on his luck," remarked one.
V
Fortuna, of the Romans, stands
Looking at all, and all look to her
Standing veiled and blind.
VI
The Earth provides enough fruitage
To provide for every person upon it.
Who wants to rely on fate
When a child goes to bed starving?
VII
He met a girl and married her
Living a long and happy life...
What does luck have to do with it?
Even though I am an engineering student, I do have to take some humanities classes. So last semester, I took an American Poetry class. One of the professor's assignments was to write three poems as an imitation to some of the poems we read in class. I thought I'd post one of mine here and see what you all think. Please let me know whether you love it, like it, or hate it. Keep in mind I am an engineer, so I am not so great at artsy type things, but I try.
An imitation of Wallace Stevens 'Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird'
Here is a link for those who would like to read it:
http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15746
Seven Ways of Looking at Lady Luck
I
Children walk home from school and
A glimmer catches ones eye,
"If it's face up it means good luck."
II
I am looking for a place to park my car
At the local shopping center
When I catch her eye in the car facing me.
Hanging from the mirror is a rabbit's foot
III
A man walking alone on a road
Gets splashed by a passing car.
"That's just my luck," he says.
IV
A group of friends walk by a man
Lying on the sidewalk bundled up
In what little he has. "He must
Be down on his luck," remarked one.
V
Fortuna, of the Romans, stands
Looking at all, and all look to her
Standing veiled and blind.
VI
The Earth provides enough fruitage
To provide for every person upon it.
Who wants to rely on fate
When a child goes to bed starving?
VII
He met a girl and married her
Living a long and happy life...
What does luck have to do with it?
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